Trip Notes: Discovery Handicap, Delta Jackpot stakes replays
Mike Hammersly covers Trip Notes for stakes races on November 19.
Michael HammerslyNov 21, 2011
Mike Hammersly covers Trip Notes for stakes races on November 19.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix Saturday November 19th
With alternate gaming fueling its purses, horsemen everywhere seem to want a piece of the Delta action as evidenced by overflow fields there daily and the field assembled for Saturday's Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot.
There is little wrong with Redeemed and Raison d’Etat Saturday's Discovery Handicap at Aqueduct. But I prefer Arthur's Tale. Arthur’s Tale has worked steadily since finishing fourth over what may have been a speed-favoring track in the Pennsylvania Derby, and is expected to deliver a peak performance Saturday.
Hit It Rich completed a sweep of Aqueduct’s graded turf stakes for Shug McGaughey by winning the Long Island Handicap.
Here's Kenny Pick's race-by-race rundown of Saturday's Guaranteed $250K Pick 4 at Aqueduct. The wager is built with TicketMaker, found exclusively on DRF.com.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix Saturday November 12th
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile got a 94 Beyer Speed Figure. Thus, this must be a weak group of 2-year-olds. Not necessarily. As much as I love the numbers, they really have been not much help in predicting 3-year-old form.
Recaps and video replays for day two of the 2011 Breeders' Cup
Recaps and video replays for day one of the 2011 Breeders' Cup